The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-02-18

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in him when she had placed her hand
in his at the marriage altar! How
| she had loved him then! How proud
| she had been of him. And she was
| ready to leave him now.
'"TiIl death shall part you" Those
words which had impressed her SO sol
EMMY at that time suddenly came to
her mind now. "Till death shall part
y0u," she thought, "and | said, yes
to those words. Then | must not
shrink. must hold out, and | will"
she broke out aloud, as the light Of
stronge resolve suddenly ilIumed her
| CarewOrn COuntenanCe. II will have
faith" she continued. "Our minister
SAID last Sunday, "By faith we may
| conquer all things"
And then and there with the breath.
ing OF her pure babes to acCOmpany.it,
| there arose from her lips q prayer to
the Throne of Grace for strength
and patience to endure whatever her
| Heavenly Father saw fit to lay upon
her.
Even Tom Perkins, when he came
home 20 supper this evening, unapt as
he was to notice his wite's appearance,
became aware Of a change in her. A
strange brightness seemed to Ger
spread her thin face tonight. Per
haps, instinCtively, because agreeably
| thereby impressed, he wished to re-
tain it there, and was therefore
prompted before making his toilet, to
say more kindly than was his wont,
Emma, I've an important err&ud to
do for Mr.. Eliot, and | may not be
home till late"
She smiled sadly in reply, bright
tears gIistening in her eyes. She knew
he had not told her the truth. She
knew where he was going, but she said
not a word. She had prayed for
strength, and she had received it.
True, there followed many dreary
days and nights Of longing and wait
ing. Again, and again, the faint heart
vas lifted heavenward, but not in
vain. He who hath said "My grace is
sufficient for you" made those words
gloriously true to this weary soul. One
evening, sitting by an open window,
with the shutters closed, Mrs. Per
kins internationally overheard the
following conversation between two of
her neighbours.
Say" said one Of them, Crank
Mills is going with Sallie Allen, lately"
"Y0u don't say" was the reply, Il
wonder how Tom Perkins will like
that. Perhaps he won't run there so
often, when he finds out she can have
other friends besides him."
Frank Mills was Tom Perkins most
intimate friend. Just to what extent
he was to blame for the change in Tom
since the latter had come to live in
town, of course Emma could not tell.
But the thought passed through her
mind, as she sat there musing, that,
perhaps, had her husband never met
Frank Mills, he might still be the Tom
Perkins OF old, trusting and trust
worthy.
Shortly after this, early one morn
ing the Perkins were unceremoniously
awakened by loud knocking at their
door. Upon opening, both Tom and
Emma we're startled at seeing two
policemen who soon made known
their errand, which waste arrest Tom.
what have l done?" gasped the
latter, turning deadly pale.
"You are arrested for the murder of
Frank Mills" was the answer
"For MURDER" cried Emma. "Oh,
no, no. There must be a mistake. 1t
was not Tom. He could never COM
NIT a crime like that" And to her
dying day she will never forget the
| grateful look her husband cast upon
her, as pale and agitated, he was be-
ing led away by the officers.
The indications of Tom Perkins
guilt were strong. Public sentiment
was against him. He felt this,
and it depressed him greatly.
But, when he heard that the
woman, or account of whom he had
neglected his wife and children, had
been the first to point him out as the
murderer, he was quite overcome.
The body of Frank Mills, with his
skull crushed, had been found but half
a block away from the residence of
Mrs. Allen. There had been a party
at her house on the night of the muir
der. Frank Mills had told her that
on account OF urgent business, he
would not be able to be there till
about half past 10 o'clock. Tom Per-
kins had left her house at a little att
err ten.
For several days previous to this he
had not been on good terms with
Frank Mills, having accused both
HIM and Mrs. Allen of ridiculing
and making fun Of him. On
the night in question he had become
quite violent, accusing Mrs. Allen OF
being false and deceiving him and etc,
and had finally left the house IN
anger.
It was finally surmised, that, as the
body OF Frank Mills had been found
SO near the house which Tom Perkins
[ had s1nrh lofA Ahn latter mnat ha We